Operant Conditioning Practice

Claire has her car taken away for getting poor grades on her semester grade report.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

Billy tells a joke at the lunch table and gets a big laugh from his friends.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

1. After completing her homework Joyce gets her iPhone back.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

1. Tony is 18 months old. He reaches up to touch the red burner on the stove and burns his hand.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

1. Greg gets detention for showing up to school late.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

1. Kelly gets paid $10 for mowing the lawn, but if they pull weeds too the amount jumps to $20.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

1. Felix isn’t allowed to play with his train set because he hit his younger brother.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

1. Dexter was texting while driving and got into a fender bender accident.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

1. Hank does not get to play with his iPad at night because he didn’t finish his dinner.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment

1. Benji does not have to do his chores because he got straight A’s on his report card.

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Negative Punishment